Heel-polishing machine.



PATENTED MAY 23, 1905-.

W. U. CORMAN.

HEEL POLISHING MACHINE;

l .m n m am APPLIGATION IILFD SEPT. 3, 19'04.

V lm/mus UNITED STATES "Patented May 23, 1905.

WILLIAM CORMAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HEEL-POLISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,679, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed September 3 1904. Serial 110.223,??67.

To all 1071 0711, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. OORMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Strafford' and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Heel-Polishing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heel-polishing machines, and has for its objects to produce an eflicient device of this character in which the burnishing-roller will conform readily to any irregularities which may exist in the sur face of the heel, one wherein the roller will be frictionally heated, thereby dispensing with the use ofvflame, and one wherein the wax employed in the burnishing operation will be melted by and be distributed equally di rectly upon the active surface of the roller.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a polishing device embodyin the invention. 2 is a side sectional e evation of the roller and its attendant parts. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the roller; 7

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base or support, from which rises a pair of standards 2, affording bearing for a shaft 3, upon Which is mounted the burnishing-roller 4, the construction of which latter will be more fully hereinafter described.

Arising from the support 1, immediately in rear of the roller 4, is a bracket 5, having an overhanging portion or arm 6, terminating at its outer end in a vertical portion 7, to which is. adjustably secured by a bolt-and-slot connection a box or receptacle 8, the lower open end of which seats upon and directly over the active surface of the roller 4, this box, which is designed for the reception of wax or other material employed in the polishing operation, being of a width equaling the width of the roller, whereby as the latter rotates its entire surface will be su plied with and coated by the wax containe in the receptacle.

Arranged beneath the roller 4 and in substantially vertical alinement with the recep tacle 8 is a bearing-block 9, to which is riveted or otherwise attached one end of a flexible friction-strap 10, the other end of which is attached to anormally contracted spring 5 5 11, in turn connected with the overhanging portion 6 of the bracket by means of an ad- 4 j usting-screw 12, having an adjustable thumbnut 13 threaded thereon, it being apparent from this arrangement that the spring Will serve to maintain the belt 10in yieldable frictional contact with the roller and that the amount of friction between the parts may be regulated through the medium of the adjusting-screw 12.

In practice the shaft 3 is driven from any suitable source of power, thereby driving the roller 4 and causing the surface of the latter to become properly heated, owing to frictional contact with the strap 10. As the heated roller travels beneath the receptacle 8 the wax therein will be melted and supplied evenly to the surface of the roller, it being obvious that by adjusting the receptacle toward or from the roller through the medium of the slidable connection the amount of waxfed to the roller may be regulated.

The roller 4, in accordance with my invention, comprises a solid core having a comparatively thick peripheral covering 14 of felt or analogous material over which there is in turn applied a strip of paper 15, coated on its inner face adjacent to the surface of the felt with sand, whereby it will adhere frictionally to the felt and be prevented from slipping. Finally, there is applied around the periphery of the roller and outside of the paper 15 a strip of emery-cloth 16, having its abrasive face inward next to the paper, thus causing it to adhere frictionally to the latter. The felt 14 has formed therein at uniformlyspaced intervals a series of transverse grooves or depressions 17. These depressions serve to render the surface of the wheel extremely pliable for conforming to any irregularities which may exist in the heel or other body under treatment and also permit a circulation of air at intervals beneath the burnishing-surface to thus prevent undue heating of the latter and unnecessarily melting of the wax within the receptacle 8.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

i Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the class described, a burnishing-roller, means for driving the same, a

friction-strap maintained in contact with the surface of the roller and heating the same, and means for supplying wax to the surface of the roller.

2. In a device of the class described, a burnishing-roller, means for driving the same, and a friction-strap maintained in contact with the surface of the roller for heating the same.

3. In a device of the class described, a burnishing-roller, means for driving the same, and a frictionstrap maintained yieldable in contact with the surface of the roller for heat ing the same.

4. In a device of the class described, a burnishing-roller, means for driving the same, a friction-strap maintained yieldable in contact with the face of the roller for heating the same, and means for adjusting the tension of the strap.

5. In a device of the class described, a burnishing-roller, means for driving the same, means for heating the surface of the roller, and a wax-receptacle adjustable toward and from the surface of the roller, said receptacle having an open end disposed toward the face of the roller.

6. In a device of the class described, a hurnishing-roller, means for driving the same, a bracket having an overhanging portion, a friction-strap extending partially around the roller in contact with the surface thereof, means for adjustably connecting one end of the strap with the overhanging portion of the bracket, and an open-ended wax-reeeptaele adjustably connected with the bracket for adjustment toward and from the surface of the roller.

7. In a device of the class described, a burnishing-roller having a yieldable surface, means for driving the same, and a friction member maintained in contact with the sur face of the roller for heating the same.

In testimony whereof I afIix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM C. CORMAN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT W. HAYES,

TILLIAM T. GUNNISON. 

